Etymograph

English

actionless

From action + -less.

A compound of action + -less

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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Latin āctus

Latin āctiō ‘act of doing or making’

Old French aucion ‘action’

Middle English accioun ‘an action’

English action

Today it means

adj Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / actionless